ILEGALES

The band ILEGALES was born in 1995 under the leadership of Vladimir Dotel, who, since his beginnings, tried to find a danceable musical style and a singular sound that, with the passing of time, put the band into a special place in the Tropical musical world.

Its sound, a mix of Hip Hop, Merengue House and Reggae among other genres, makes Ilegales a fusion urban Tropical band. The name of Ilegales was given by Vladimir Dotel himself, that was born in the United States and when he was really young emigrated to Dominican Republic, where he lived as an “ilegal” for a long time in his forefathers’ land.

Music Business and audience recognized the talent of Ilegales that gained a lot of awards such as: 6 Lo Nuestro Prize (Univision – USA), 7 Casandra Prizes (Dominican Republic), Orquídea de Oro y Platino (Venevisión Venenzuela), an Eres Prize (Mexico), a Billboard Award (USA). The band took part twice in the Festival Del Viña del Mar gaining two Gaviota de Plata (Chile), Radio y Música (USA), 2 Grammy nominations and two nominations for Juventud Premios Awards.

The band’s first hits were “La Morena” and “Fiesta Caliente” that gave many chances to Ilegales and their music, welcomed not only in Dominican Republic but even in the United States, Mexico, South and Central America.

In 1997 the band released the second production “Rebotando”, reaching again the first positions of the hit lists, standing out with tracks such as “El Taqui Taqui”, “Sueño Contigo”, “Dame De Eso” and “Como Un Trueno”. In this same year, the band suffered a great loss: Jason, one of the members, dead in a car accident. The band took a break and then recorded the next production titled “Ilegales En La Mira”, afterwards recorded a live CD in Santo Domingo, called “Ilegales Live”.

In 2000 Ilegales were ready to come back on stages and for this reason released the CD “On Time” among which are “Una Copa De Licor” and “Te Recuerdo”, that welcomed the band in the World of Bachata, strengthening once more the leadership of Ilegales as a Fusion band.

With its production “Marca Registrada”, the band won the audience thanks to tracks such as “La Cosita”, “Mi Novia” and once again had an impact on the music world with their ballad hit “Siento”.

Ilegales released “La Historia” a compilation with all their hits (both CD and DVD), giving us tracks such as “Dame Un Chin”, a duet with “El Caballo” Johnny Ventura.

At the end of August 2004, Ilegales reached again the Fusion with the record “In The Room”, mixing merengue rhythms, hip pop, cumbia and ballads.

In 2006 the band signed a contract with Universal Latino for the album “La Republica”, a work that let the band hit the first positions with the track “La Otra”, recorded with the famous bachata duet Monchy & Alexandra, gaining ASCAP Prizes and two nominations for Juventud Premios Awards.

In 2009 Ilegales signed a new agreement with Planet Records. In February will be released the album “Hecho En El Patio”, with a lot of danceable tracks such as “Mami No”, “No Pare Y Dale” and “Ya No Toy Pa’ Eso”, the latter mixes merengue hip pop and electronic sounds, giving a unique touch. This track was chosen as introduction letter, with a modern videoclip, shot inDominican Republic, that has already been shown on United States and Caribbean Music TVs.